Posted by Will van Niekerk on 26-02-2016 12:52
#1
Decidedly uncommon fly; I'm seeing around one per year, so far always January-March.
Very much like the wasp
Ammophila, which fits with Krober's description of male
Physocephala in Africa, but I cannot find mention anywhere of a Conopid with its eyes so nearly meeting. So I'm confused.
Resting on scrubby grass on a wet night in Chongwe, Lusaka, Zambia. Didn't tolerate the flash.
8th Feb 2016.
EDIT - title updated from 'It looks Conopid - Zambia' based on suggestion made by John Carr.
Edited by Will van Niekerk on 26-02-2016 13:38
Posted by John Carr on 26-02-2016 13:13
#4
Reminds me of
Systropus, but I sometimes get those long-bodied Orthorrhapha confused.
Posted by John Carr on 26-02-2016 13:16
#5
Stylogaster is the long genus of Conopidae, but I don't think antennae match here.
Posted by Will van Niekerk on 26-02-2016 13:30
#6
That would explain a lot...
I didn't even consider Bombyliidae. There seemed to be discrepancies in what I could see of the wing, too.
Thanks, John.